2014 Prequel & Sequel Challenge

2014 Prequel & Sequel Challenge

• Jan 15, 2014

Hosted by Novel Heartbeat & Writer Grrl Reads

If you've read my blog before, you may have heard me talk about how much fun I had last year participating in the Summer Series Challenge. I'm a self-confessed series addict, and I love discussing the different levels of my obsession. When I heard about the 2014 Sequel & Prequel Challenge, I knew I had to sign up. The challenge goal is: "To read as many prequels and sequels as you can. You set your goal at whatever numbers works for you." Click here for the complete challenge guidelines, and don't hesitate to join in!

I would love to reach ADVANCED: 51-75 POINTS, but I'm not actually making it a set goal for this challenge. While I think I could easily go higher with some extra effort, I want to just enjoy reading series and see what happens! I did create a Goodreads shelf to keep track of books I read that count towards this challenge.

You don't have to continue reading past this point, but I did make a reference list for myself to brainstorm what series I could read this year. I'm certainly not committing to these (nor do I own them all), but I thought it would be good to at least give myself some ideas of what I can accomplish this year!

Series I Want To Finish:

• Graceling Realm series by Kristin Cashore (#3 Bitterblue)
• Something Strange and Deadly series by Susan Dennard (#2 A Darkness Strange and Lovely, #3 Strange and Ever After)
• His Fair Assassin series by Robin LaFevers (#2 Dark Triumph, #3 Mortal Heart)
• Shatter Me series by Tahereh Mafi (#3 Ignite Me)
• Delirium series by Lauren Oliver (#3 Requiem)
• Anna and the French Kiss series by Stephanie Perkins (#3 Isla and the Happily Ever After)
• Darkness Shows the Stars series by Diana Peterfreund (#0.5 Among the Nameless Stars, #1.5 The First Star to Fall, #2 Across the Star-Swept Sea)
• Under the Never Sky series by Veronica Rossi (#2.5 Brooke, #3 Into the Still Blue)
• Divergent series by Veronica Roth (#3 Allegiant)
• Daughter of Smoke and Bone series by Laini Taylor (#2 Days of Blood and Starlight, #2.5 Night of Cake and Puppets, #3 Dreams of gods and Monsters)
• Code Name Verity series (#2 Rose Under Fire)
• Pivot Point series (#2 Split Second)

Series I Want To Start & Finish:

• The Boleyn Trilogy by Laura Andersen (#1 The Boleyn King, #2 The Boleyn Deceit, #3 The Boleyn Inheritance)
• Grisha series by Leigh Bardugo (#1 Smoke and Bone, #2 Siege and Storm, #3 Ruin and Rising)
• Also Known As series by Robin Benway (#1 Also Known As, #2 Going Rogue)
• The Tea Rose series by Jennifer Donnelly (#1 The Tea Rose, #2 The Winter Rose, #3 The Wild Rose)
• The Charmed Life series by Jenny B. Jones (#1 So Not Happening, #2 I'm So Sure, #3 So Over My Head)
• Katie Parker Productions series by Jenny B. Jones (#1 In Between, #2 On the Loose, #3 The Big Picture)
• Daughters of Boston series by Julie Lessman (#1 A Passion Most Pure, #2 A Passion Redeemed, #3 A Passion Denied) 
• Gilt series by Katherine Longshore (#1 Gilt, #2 Tarnish, #3 Brazen)
• Legend series by Marie Lu (#0.5 Life Before Legend, #1 Legend, #2 Prodigy, #3 Champion)
• Story Girl series by L.M. Montgomery (#1 The Story Girl, #2 Golden Road)
• The Bronze Horseman series by Paullina Simons (#1 The Bronze Horseman, #2 Tatiana and Alexander, #3 The Summer Garden)

Series I Want To Re-Read:

• Emily of New Moon series by L.M. Montgomery (#1 Emily of New Moon, #2 Emily Climbs, #3 Emily's Quest)
• Mark of the Lion series by Francine Rivers (#1 A Voice in the Wind, #2 An Echo in the Darkness, #3 As Sure as the Dawn)
• Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder (#1 Little House in the Big Woods, #2 Little House on the Prairie, #3 Farmer Boy, #4 On the Banks of Plum Creek, #5 By the Shores of Silver Lake, #6 The Long Winter, #7 Little Town on the Prairie, #8 These Happy Golden Years, #9 The First Four Years)

Unfinished Series To Catch Up On:

• Scarlet series by A.C. Gaughen (#1 Scarlet, #2 Lady Thief)
• Heroines Behind the Lines series by Jocelyn Green (#1 Wedded to War, #2 Widow of Gettysburg, #3 Yankee in Atlanta)
• Starbound series by Amy Kaufman and Megan Spooner (#1 These Broken Stars, #2 This Shattered World)
• Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas (#0.1 The Assassin and the Pirate Lord, #0.2 The Assassin and the Desert, #0.3 The Assassin and the Underworld, #0.4 The Assassin and the Empire, #0.5 The Assassin and the Healer)
• Bloodlines series by Richelle Mead (#5 Silver Shadows)
• Age of X series by Richelle Mead (#1 Gameboard of the gods, #2 The Immortal Crown)
• The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (#0.5 Glitches, #1.5 The Queen's Army)
• The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater (#2 The Dream Thieves) 
• Fairyland series by Catherynne Valente (#1 The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, #2 The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, #3 The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two)
• Christiansen Family series by Susan May Warren (#2 It Had to Be You, #3 When I Fall In Love)

That's a whole lot of series!

Where should I begin?